1. Note the pattern of settlement in the Chesapeake region and in New England. What geographic features contributed to the placement of these settlements? Why did these geographic features make a difference to early settlers?(Please look closely at the maps, as well as, the reading from pp 28-48)
2- Notice the differences in the geographic features of New England and the Chesapeake region. Consider the different motives for settlement and the societies that settled in these regions. Now describe how geographic conditions in the New World, combined with cultural attitudes brought from the Old World, shaped the pattern of settlement in these English societies.
3 Discuss how military considerations influenced the planting of settlements and colonies in British North America.
King Charles the first started the civil war without meaning to. King Charles called a session with the Parliament; He needed money from the Parliaments, which eventually led to the civil war. King Charles the first needed money badly having fallen away from the Parliament ever so slightly had been a mistake. He needed to pay his subjects with little money he had. Therefore, He called a session with the parliament. So he took their taxes, so he took most of their money. King Charles neglected the Parliaments. The Parliaments then created an army force hoping to over throw the king. This caused the civil war, which occurred for seven years before coming to a standstill. Therefore, the military influences the colonies around them. King Charles called a session with the Parliament, which eventually led to the civil war. King
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ReplyDeleteThere were many geographical advantages to moving to America. Along with the plentiful water sources the Chesapeake Bay offered great protection from storms and such. The soil was rich for growing tobacco and other crops. The climate was perfect for farming too. Down east where Virginia was, the weather was very warm. All of these things made New England a great place to live.
There are a few reasons how military considerations influenced the planting of settlements and colonies in British North America. One reason was because of the nearby water access. This way, they could easily escape from the nearby natives. Another reason was because of the location of being inland. This would provide security for the British North American settlers. Sadly, though, most of the military’s decisions were fatal to the settlers. Only some colonies and settlements were able to prosper
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There are a few reasons how military considerations influenced the planting of settlements and colonies in British North America. One reason was because of the nearby water access. This way, they could easily escape from the nearby natives. Another reason was because of the location of being inland. This would provide security for the British North American settlers. Sadly, though, most of the military’s decisions were fatal to the settlers. Only some colonies and settlements were able to prosper.
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There were many geographic features that contributed to the placement of the settlements in the Chesapeake Bay area. First, the Chesapeake Bay was almost completely surrounded by land, with one small opening that granted easy access to the ocean. Because the Bay was pretty closed off, the settlers had a safe environment to live in, with protection from any enemies on ships.
ReplyDeleteThese geographic features made a difference to early settlers because the closed off, protected Bay gave them a safe spot to establish settlements in the New World, but with still easy access to the ocean. Instead of being completely surrounded by land with rivers as their only access to the ocean.
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When looking at the different geographic features between New England and the Chesapeake region right away you can see a difference. One difference is how much water there is in Chesapeake than in New England. Since there is more water in this area it makes sense that immigrants traveling to the New World would want to settle here. Also in the middle and southern colonies there was better land and richer soil. This means that these colonies would be based around farming and agriculture. In the northern colonies because they were farther away from the Equator it was a lot colder. So this would mean that they could not have large plantations and there colonies would be based on fishing, fur trading, and craftsmanship. When the English people came to America they knew little about the land and the people who lived here. Without the help of the Native people most colonies would have failed. Jamestown, the first successful colony was helped by the Indians. They showed them how to live off the land by hunting, fishing, and farming cash crops. The techniques the natives showed them were very resourceful. One of the most useful was the canoe because, it was easier to maneuver than a large ship. A few motives for people to travel to the New World was to start a new life, have freedom of religion, and to own land. Many of the immigrants that came here were second and third sons who wanted to be able to own land and start there own businesses. Freedom of religion also played a huge part in people moving here, for instance the Pilgrims. They left England so that they could come and worship free from King James and his extravagant ways. Being able to make a better life for there families, worship freely, and have successful farms and businesses is what they came for. I think that by coming to the New World most people were satisfied.
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The geographical features contributed to the placement and made a difference for the settlers in the New England and the Chesapeake region. Most of the early settlements in the Chesapeake region and the New England were next to Water. In New England the settlements were on the coast line. In the Chesapeake region they were mostly next to the bay or a river. This access to water was an easy way to get food and supplies to the colonists. The ships or boats could sail to the colony and the supplies would not have to travel across the land. In the Chesapeake Bay area they had protection from enemy ships. The land surrounding them served as a natural guard.
ReplyDeleteOver all the colonists settled where there was access to the ocean and, for the Chesapeake region, some protection.
Emily Burgett
The King Philips’s War between the whites and the Indians was the most bloody of any encounters with the Indians. The Wampanoag Indians rose up wanting to resist the British. For three years the Indians scared some Massachusetts towns. Over one thousand people were killed. Slowly the settlers started to prevail against the Indians with the help of a group of Mohawk allies. New technology took over and not so many Indians were using bow and arrows anymore. They were buying rifles, the flintlock rifle. It was way more advanced than the matchlock rifle which was way heavy. Forts also made a big difference. No one really wanted to come if the Indians were going to kill them. So this influenced the colonies and settlements in British North America.
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The geographic features of the places the English settlers settled made a huge difference in their way of life. The first settlements were in the Chesapeake region and later expanded up north to New England. The jobs and lifestyles of the settlers determined on the land they were living in.
ReplyDeleteThe Chesapeake region had rich soil that made it easy to have large plantations, so they came up with the Headright system. This said that the more people you brought with you to America, the more land you received. Many of the people there owned hundreds of acres of land. Because they had so much land the demand for manual labor was very high. Therefore, there were many slaves and indentured servants living there. Another reason why settlers would want to move down south is because it is much warmer there. The winters are less harsh and the growing seasons are longer.
New England is almost the exact opposite of the Chesapeake region. The soil there was bad and sandy, which made planting and harvesting very difficult. So the people learned to fish and hunt and trade with the Indians. But the winters in the North were cold and harsh. Many of the colonists died from disease and malnutrition. But with they help of the Indians, they survived.
As you can see the land in which the colonist settled made a huge difference in their way of life. If they lived in the south there was better farming, and in the north there was hunting and fishing. Today life in the north and the south is still very different.
Madeline Tingey
Many geographic features contributed to the placement of the settlements. The rich soil in the southern colonies made it a better place for farming than the New England colonies where the ground was rockier. The settlements on the coastline, like Jamestown, had an advantage because of their proximity to the ocean. This allowed them easy access to their boats and the ocean making trade an important part in the economy of the early settlements. Still, other settlements had the advantage of being near the water but surrounded by land on three sides, protecting them from hurricanes or bad weather coming in from the sea but also allowing an escape route if the Indians posed a threat. This is why the placement of the early settlements was a key feature to living in the Americas.
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The New England Chesapeak area was greatly infulenced by it geographical features greatly. How? Most of the colonies were by water, so they fished quite alot. They were also merchants shipbuilders, and carpenters. It was easy for them to be carpenters and shipbuilders beacause they had lots of hardwood trees. Fishing was aslo so easy because the coloniies were near the ocean. The New England conolies and the Chesapeak area were small, had very harsh climates,and a short growing season. This made it very difficult to plant crops. They might be able to have a small garden in their backyard, filled with necessities, but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteThere were many geographical advantages for moving to America. There was also water sources from the Chesapeake Bay that offered a great amount of protection from all the storms. The soil for them there was rich soil and great for growing tobacco and many different kinds of crops, the climate was absolutely perfect for farming. However farming was only good for the southern colonies the New England’s was very hard, rocky and not for farming. All of the geographical features to moving to America made living in the New England area makes it for a grand place to live and a better place to live.
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Some of the geographical features between New England and Chesapeake are the Chesapeake Bay, which had fresh water. So they could drink and have fresh water. The climate was excellent for planting and the soil there was rich and perfect growing foods. Tobacco and other corps. In New England the climate there was too hot and dry. This made planting and growing foods harder.
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The geographic features that helped with the settlements was mostly the great water source from the Chesapeake Bay. It gave them fresh water for drinking and cooking. The soil up there was excellent so and they had a very good climate which made a longer planting season before winter.
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There were many reasons for settlement in the Chesapeake region and New England. When the pilgrims had winded up in the New England colonies, they were able to learn to survive from the Indians. But it was hard to plant in the marshy and sandy soil. I think that the geographic features made life harder over there, because they weren’t used to that kind of soil. But those living in the Chesapeake region had life easier. They were able to grow crops in the rich soil, especially tobacco, and had fresh water from the Chesapeake Bay to use. And since the government came up with the Headright System, many people were encouraged to move down to settle. They brought their families so they could have more land. The geographic features made life easier here, than those who settled in the New England colonies (the pilgrims).
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ReplyDeleteI didn’t know a lot of information on what geography features contributed to the placement of the Chesapeake region and the New England, and what did these geography features make a difference to early settlers? So I looked in my history book for information, and this is what I found. What geography features contributed to the Chesapeake region settlement is that they had rich soil. New England didn’t have nice rich soil because it’s away from the Equator. Since Chesapeake region have rich soil, they did farming,and had agriculture, by the help of the Indians that lived in the new world. The English had learned from the Indians how to grow food,learned Indian techniques and the technology that the Indians used. An example of the technology the Indians used is a canoe, which was easier to navigate in rivers and streams. Farmers in the middle colonies grew a lot of crops with the help of the Indians and the rich soil. Another geography feature contributed to the settlement is the bay they had called, “Chesapeake Bay,” to get water. Before the settlers settled in the Chesapeake region, they believed would offer them security from the natives, but the site was low and swampy. The place was surrounded by thick woods and it marked the territories of the powerful local Indians.
In the northern colonies, the local Indians helped them to survive.The northern colonies geography features is that it’s colder in the winter then the middle colonies because it’s far away from the Equator. It makes it hard for the settlers to grow food. But with the help of the Indians, they provided the colonists with fur and showed the settlers how to hunt wild animals for meat, and how to prepare and use corn. The northern colonies did fishing, hunting, and trading with the natives.
The geography features contributed to the Chesapeake region settlement is they have rich soil. The geography feature contributed to New England settlement is that is away from the Equator (hard to grow food). What did these geographic features make a difference to early settlers? Is that New England did hunting, fishing, and trading with the Indians to survive. It will be hard to grow things in the northern colonies, and it’s colder in winter then in the middle. For the Chesapeake region, you could do farming, and grow your own crops. In the middle colonies have agriculture, have the Chesapeake Bay for water, and to be secure from the natives.
- Jessil Salazar
There are many different geographic features that made a difference to early settlers in the New World. A few of them were where rivers were, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Appalachian Mountains.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to settle next to fresh water. That way you will never get thirsty. Most of the 13 colonies if not all of them were settled close to a water source. Also there might be fish in the rivers. Then you can have fish to eat and a way to fertilize the soil.
The Chesapeake Bay was another geographical feature. The early settlers viewed it as a safe haven from unfriendly ships and an escape route if said ships got in. That was a reason that the Jamestown settlers decided to settle there.
The Appalachian Mountains were and are huge, and they formed a natural border for the colonies. The colonists were not allowed to settle past the mountains by decree from the king.
I think the questions for this week are lame.
King Charles started the war on accident. He had a meeting with the Parliament because he needed money from them. And after that it eventually lead to the civil war. King Charles fell away from the Parliament and so he needed money very badly. I think that was a mistake he regreted. He needed the money to pay his subjects. He payed them with the very little money he had left. So to get money he called the meeting. He ended up taking all of the Parlaiments money. The Parlaiments were hoping to over rule the king so they set up and army force. So they went to war it went on for seven years. So that is why the civil war started.
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ReplyDeleteNew England’s and the Chesapeake region’s pattern of settlements were each shaped by their own geographical conditions in the New World and the different cultures from the Old World. The people in New England had come to the New World mostly in search of religious freedom. They just wanted a place to raise their families, be able to practice their own religion, and call home. The soil was poor up there, and not good for farming. Soon people started to spread out in search of better soil or because the government was church-dominated. Many people fished or traded in this area. In the Chesapeake region it was warmer and the soil was rich. Therefore people could make a lot of money off of farming. People planted tobacco, indigo, and many other crops. The farmland was very large, and was mostly made up of plantations. Many African slaves were sent over to help with the vast amount of farmland. Many plantation owners became very rich. This is why the Chesapeake region’s colonies were so big. New England’s colonies were small due to the fact that they only had small farms, fished, or traded. New England’s and the Chesapeake region’s pattern of settlements were very different.
There are several geographic features that made the settlers want to move to America. The Chesapeake bay gave them an easy way to get away from the indians if they ever attacked. It also gave them some protection from hurricans and other disasters from the ocean, while still living near it. This geographic feature, and others, made a huge difference to the settlers lives. This one, in particular, made a difference because they weren't used to having a place to keep their boat for a quick get away if they ever needed it.
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You can see quite a difference between the New England and the Chesapeake region’s geographic features just by a quick glance. One of these differences is the fact that in the Chesapeake region there is a lot more water than in the New England area’s. Already that makes a big difference because quite a few of the new settlers moving to the New World were planning on being farmers. And of course you can’t have a good farm without water. Having more water in the area also helps the soil be more rich and fertile, two necessary things for good crops. But if you weren’t really planning on being a farmer and wanted to be more of a hunter or carpenter you would probably want to move to New England for many reasons. One of them being if you wanted to go into the carpenter business you would want better wood then the Chesapeake region could offer. Many problems arose because geographic conditions weren’t great for living and because of the old attitude that whites were superior to any other race. Thinking that they were superior, the whites wouldn’t want to work or would think that they didn’t need to share with the native’s, making the native’s mad. The native’s would then fight back and sometimes wipe out a whole cities population. The pattern of settlement in the English societies would usually go something like that. They would start out big and then after one winter drop very dramatically, then a new boat would arrive and the population would go up again, leading to a very successful colony.
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When the English settled in the Chesapeake region, they were disappointed. The land wasn’t what they were used to, it was a swamp. In Jamestown, the conditions were a little bit better, but not by much. The seeds they brought over from England wouldn’t grow there. They couldn’t be farmers as they had intended because of the bad soil. The only thing they were able to grow was tobacco. They grew tobacco crops everywhere. Instead of farming, they became shipbuilders, fishers, merchants, and carpenters. The Chesapeake Bay was the main water source for the settlers and the Indians. If the early settlers didn’t have the bay, they most likely wouldn’t have been able to survive.
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Geographical features made a huge impact on settlement in a new colony. When settlers moved to the Chesapeake region, they wisely set location near the Chesapeake Bay. This was very wise because the Chesapeake Bay provided a quick escape from sudden attack by the Native Americans on the settlers, and also supplied water and fishing sources. In addition, this region provided a lot of land for settlers to farm on. The warm climates and the fertile land only made it easier to produce crops such as Tabasco, indigo, corn and more.
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There were many geographic features that contributed to the placement of the Chesapeake region. There were many rivers connected to the Chesapeake region, which made it easy to travel up and down the east coast of the new world. If your enemies were inside Chesapeake Bay, you could slip out to the ocean for a quick escape. And, if your enemies were outside of Chesapeake Bay, there is much land surrounding you, and a small entrance, so, you could use it for cover. Being inland also helped with natural disasters. Because you were in a bay with a very small opening, the land mass closest to the ocean would help protect the people on the other side of Chesapeake Bay. So it helped for much protection. This was very helpful for all new settlers by the Chesapeake Bay.
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ReplyDeleteThe geographical features of New England colonies were the difference between failure and success in the new world. By the Chesapeke Bay, the land it was protected and safe from storms, and the settlers had a way out , and the people could use the water as transportation. The soil was good to grow crops in, so people were able to grow cash crops like tobacco there too. Being more south, it was warmer. By New England, it was cooler so it was harder to grow cash crops, but people could fish and do other stuff to get money and survive in the New World.
Darcy Christiansen
How did geographical features contribute to the placement of settlers and why did it make a difference? Well, first of all, the Chesapeake Bay offered a ton of water. So obviously, since you need water to survive, most chose to settle there. Since most of the colonies were close to water, they did a great deal of fishing. Carpenters and shipbuilders chose to go there because it was surrounded by trees. However, the climate affected their lives greatly. It was a harsh climate and very rocky, so they could only be subsistent farmers.
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I am really not good at this blogging thing.... :( I always forget...
ReplyDeleteBut the geographical features of the New World, were very helpful to the new settlement of Chesapeke. One for a fact is that the Bay was great protection from storms and such. But it also gave them a fresh water source. The soil was also very good for farming, and growing all the crops that they needed to survive and flourish off of. But that was only in the Southern Colonies. The New England Colonies had difficulty with farming because their soil was natrually rocky. They also lived further from the Equater so that the climate was much colder. Rather in the South, they were closer, but not too close, therefore giving them PERFECT weather for farming.
The way that the colonies were placed was by Southern, Middle, and Northern. In the south they had really good soil that made it nice for cash crops. In the north the soil was not very good and it was harder to grow even for one family.
ReplyDeleteThey were kind of placed so they could do certain jobs.
Rebecca Robertson question#1
The geographic features had a big part in picking the Chesapeake Region for early settlers. Chesapeake Bay was surrounded by land that had a little opening, in which supplied the ocean water. Being almost completely surrounded by land made it a safe environment. The farming was nice because of the rich soil in the middle and southern colonies. This land looked pretty good to the settlers. It had almost everything they needed. It has a safe environment but had a small opening for water access. It would be much harder if small ricers was the only resource of water.
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The military consideration influenced the planting of settlements in the Chesapeake Bay because the bay was curved in a way were the settlers could make a guick getaway from the Native Americans if needed. The inland also provided protection from their enemies.
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Geographic features made a difference to early settlers in many different ways. The first people who founded Jamestown, the first successful settlement, decided to make it on an inland. Here, they would have an easy escape path from the Natives if needed. They would also be able to have water but be protected from the sea. The land though was low and swampy. It had thick woods and it bordered powerful Natives. As I looked at one of the maps, I noticed that all of the settlements were going along the sea coast or the coast a river. There are many more reasons how geographic features made a difference to colonists.
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When I read about New England and Chesapeake I was amazed by some of the differences that I found.
ReplyDeleteOne of the many differences I noticed right up front was that there was a lot of water surrounding Chesapeake, and not much surrounding New England, but still some.
I also noticed the difference in the year that the settlements were founded. For example, Chesapeake was founded in 1649, and New England was founded in 1639.
One of the last differences I found was how long the growth of each settlement took. Chesapeake took a lot longer than New England. Chesapeake started to really grow in 1607 and stopped growing in 1750. However, New England was 1620 to 1750. It isn't much of a difference considering how long both of them took, but in my eyes thirteen years was a long time.
There are many differences in the two settlements that we do not realize. It is very interesting to me how easy it is to me to find once you look.
Kassey Pappa
The settlers thought that starting communities inland would protect them from passing ships and stormy weather. The Chesapeake area turned out to be low swampy land surrounded by thick trees that was not ideal for farming. The natives were better farmers then the settlers. The settlers learned valuable techniques for farming, hunting, and fishing from the natives.
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The geographical features of England and the New World were VERY different from eachother! In some cases, this was a very good thing; in others, not so much. It was a very good thing because, well, there isn't much room to create new colonies in England, is there? Yet in the New World, you could have more land than ever. It was also a good thing because certain crops (like tobbacco) would grow WONDERFULLY there. There was also some reasons that it was bad. One, was because they had new features to adjust to such as the soil that was bad for most crops in some places, and there was EXTREMELY harsh winters in which A LOT of settlers died. But after a hard struggle, they finally learned to adjust.
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